Marie

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1964

Production year

1963—1964

Premiere

7 August 1964

Runtime

83 min

Category

film

Genre

psychological

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Marie

Czech title

Marie

English title

Marie

Synopsis

The marriage of Jaroslav and Marie, parents of two schoolchildren, seems calm and orderly. Marie, a housewife, can however sense that her husband has become estranged from her and all the warmth and love have faded out of their relationship. Marie suspects that there is an affair with another woman behind her husband's evening business meetings but does not want to know the truth, hoping that time will heal everything. When their children, Hanka and Jirka, receive their own keys to the apartment, the family's Sunday trips and cinema visits are instantly over. Marie is not sure whether to envy her childless and single friend Věra her independent life. Věra's brother Jenda is fond of Marie and wants to develop a closer relationship with her. Marie accepts his wooing only when Jaroslav brings the situation to a head and moves away from home. The children miss their father and Marie keeps apologizing for his absence claiming they are business trips. Once Jaroslav comes home to pick up his clothes, but is even unable to find time for his son. Marie decides to get divorced, and although Jenda takes her with her children for trips, she is taken by surprise when he offers to marry her. She, however refuses the offer, since she has decided to get a job and stand on her own feet first. As a symbol of her new life, she also gets a different, less uptight haircut.

Cast

Ilja Racek

Jaroslav, Mariin manžel, provozář v továrně

Věra Bublíková

Věra, Jendova sestra, Mariina přítelkyně

Jitka Herešová

Hanka, dcera Marie a Jaroslava

Vlastimil Vondruška

Jirka, syn Marie a Jaroslava

Karel Hovorka

číšník

Jiřina Bílá

zaměstnankyně čistírny

Blažena Slavíčková

zákaznice v čistírně

František Pávek

předseda senátu Bedřich Majerník

Václav Kaňkovský

muž na poradě

Miroslav Valenta

muž na poradě

Eduard Pavlíček

muž na poradě

Zdeněk Braunschläger

manžel, Věřin známý

Karolina Slunéčková

manželka, Věřina známá

Sylva Byšická

vedoucí obchodu

Dagmar Kofroňová

hezká žena

Jan Bartoš

dělník

Ela Šilarová

hostinská

Miloslav Novák

manžel u soudu

Karel Fiala

železničář

Dubbing

Miloš Kirschner

hlas Spejbla a Hurvínka

Crew and creators

Second Unit Director

František Matoušek

Assistant Director

M. Misárek

Continuity

Marta Marková

Based on

Alexandr Kliment (Marie – novela)

Director of Photography

Josef Střecha

Second Unit Photography

Ivan Wurm

Camera Operator

Bohumil Rath

Production Designer

Bohumil Pokorný

Assistent Production Designer

Aleš Voleman

Set Designer

Emanuel Dvořáček, Karel Průcha, Eva Slívová

Costume Designer

Karel Postřehovský

Film Editor

Jan Chaloupek

Assistant Film Editor

Jana Suková

Sound Designer

Adolf Nacházel, Bohumír Brunclík (zvukové efekty)

Production Manager

Josef Císař

Unit Production Manager

Olga Mimrová, Miloš Rudolf

Unit Production Manager

Jaroslava Hypiusová

Cooperation

Věra Houšková (klapka), Jaromír Komárek (fotograf)

Music

Music Composed by

Svatopluk Havelka

Music Performed by

FISYO (Music Conducted by Štěpán Koníček)

Songs

Dříve než rozkvete kvítí

Song Composer Jaromír Vomáčka

Production info

Original Title

Marie

Czech Title

Marie

English Title

Marie

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

psychological

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1964

Production Year

1963—1964

Production specifications

literary Screenplay approved 10 July 1963
technical Screenplay approved 22 August 1963
start of filming 27 September 1963
end of filming 17 January 1964
projection approval 2 April 1964
withdrawal from distribution 31 December 1973

Premiere

preview 10 July 1964 (kino Sevastopol /1 týden/, Praha)
premiere 17 July 1964 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Lucerna /2 týdny/, Praha)
premiere 7 August 1964 /unsuitable for youths/ (celostátní)

Copyright Holders

Národní filmový archiv

Studio

Barrandov

Creative Group

Tvůrčí skupina Šebor – Bor, Vladimír Bor (vedoucí dramaturg tvůrčí skupiny), Jiří Šebor (vedoucí výroby tvůrčí skupiny)

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

83 min

Original length in metres

2 363 meters

Distribution carrier

16mm, 35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,37

Colour

black & white

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

mono

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech